Promising Practices in 21st Century Music Teacher Education

Edited by Michele Kaschub and Janice Smith

Critically examines key areas of challenge for music teacher education

Provides models of innovative practices that range from project-oriented experiences to full curricular revision

Moves beyond criticism of current practices to provide models for future practice

Addresses how music teacher educators can voice concerns to other faculty groups and initiate change

Provides a springboard for discussion of the future of music teacher education, and by extension, music education

Promising Practices in 21st Century Music Teacher Education

Edited by Michele Kaschub and Janice Smith

Description

This book surveys emerging music and education landscapes to present a sampling of the promising practices of music teacher education that may serve as new models for the 21st century. Contributors explore the delicate balance between curriculum and pedagogy, the power structures that influence music education at all levels, the role of contemporary musical practices in teacher education, and the communication challenges that surround institutional change. Models of programs that feature in-school, out-of-school and beyond school contexts, lifespan learning perspectives, active juxtapositions of formal and informal approaches to teaching and learning, student-driven project-based fieldwork, and the purposeful employment of technology and digital media as platforms
for authentic music engagement within a contemporary participatory culture are all offered as springboards for innovative practice.

Promising Practices in 21st Century Music Teacher Education

Edited by Michele Kaschub and Janice Smith

Table of Contents

Section I: Current Challenges and New Opportunities1. Music Teacher Education in Transition, Michele Kaschub and Janice Smith 2. Considering Both Curriculum and Pedagogy, David A. Williams3. Starbucks Doesn't Sell Hot Cross Buns: Embracing New Priorities for Pre-service Music Teacher Preparation Programs, Frank Abrahams4. Entrepreneurial Music Education, Janice Smith5. Educating Teachers for 21st Century Challenges: The Music Educator as a Cultural Citizen, Cathy Benedict and Patrick SchmidtSection II: Innovative Practices in Music Teacher Education6. Juxtapositional Pedagogy as an Organizing Principle in University Music Education Programs, Frank Heuser7. Where It All Comes Together:
Student-Driven Project-Based Learning in Music Teacher Education, Michele Kaschub8. Inquiry and Synthesis in Pre-service Music Teacher Education: A Close Look at Cultivating Self-Study Research, Mark Robin Campbell9. Invoking An Innovative Spirit In Music Teacher Education, Carlos Abril10. What If. . .: A Curriculum in Support of Technology, Curiosity and Play in Music Teacher Education, Gena Greher11. 21st Century Musicianship through Digital Media and Participatory Culture, Evan TobiasIndex

Promising Practices in 21st Century Music Teacher Education

Edited by Michele Kaschub and Janice Smith

Author Information

Michele Kaschub is a Professor of Music and Coordinator of Music Teacher Education at the University of Southern Maine.

Janice Smith is an Associate Professor of Music Education and Coordinator of Undergraduate Music Education at Queens College, City University of New York.

Contributors:

Michele Kaschub, University of Southern MaineJanice Smith, Queens College, City University of New York David A. Williams, University of South Florida School of MusicFrank Abrahams, Westminster Choir CollegeCathy Benedict, Florida International UniversityPatrick Schmidt, Florida International UniversityFrank Heuser, University of California, Los AngelesMark Robin Campbell, Crane School of Music, SUNY PotsdamCarlos Abril, Frost School of Music, University of MiamiGena Greher, University of Massachusetts, LowellEvan Tobias, Arizona State University

Promising Practices in 21st Century Music Teacher Education

Edited by Michele Kaschub and Janice Smith

Reviews and Awards

"This is perhaps the most important book in music teacher education for North America in over fifty years. Hopefully the words of these fine authors will be read, debated, and acted upon as we realign music teacher education and all of collegiate music instruction with the realities of our exciting contemporary age." --Peter R. Webster, Ph.D., Scholar-in-Residence, Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California

"The authors of this book require us to examine the profession through lenses that embrace tradition and innovation, and demand us to cultivate habits of mind that engage with agency. Through discourse, and descriptions of models, the why, what, how, where, when, and to whom are placed within situated contexts for further examination." --Betty Anne Younker, Dean, Professor of Music Education, Don Wright Faculty of Music, The University of Western Ontario

"This is a book for change agents by change agents. Kaschub and Smith invite readers to consider the cost of professional inaction, while vividly illustrating new ways to teach and learn music." --Randall Everett Allsup, Associate Professor of Music Education, Teachers College Columbia University